Regularly I visit the asylum seekers’ center (AZC) in Dronten. One of the guests there is Marolyn *, a young woman from China. She had to flee, because Christians in her province are still being prosecuted. When a number of people of her church were murdered, her parents insisted that she should flie and leave the country. To protect her parents she fled without letting them know where. For fear of their safety, she can not contact them.
Needless to say, of course, that she misses her parents, family and friends and she is sometimes very sad. She likes it when we come to her, chat, eat, read a piece of the Bible and pray together. She likes it best when after reading we tell each other what we notice in the piece and what we learn from it. In this way we learn from each other and we notice that where we come from has a big influence on how we interpret the Bible.
While Kris and I were in Papua, Marolyn had received notice from the IND that her objection had been rejected. How sad, you do not feel welcome when you know that you can not return to the country where you come from. Marolyn is allowed to go into higher appeal, but she can not wait for the verdict in the Netherlands … What a dilemma and what a difficult situation. Marolyn has chosen to flee again, she is in hiding with a family and now waits in suspense what the Supreme Court has to say about it. Would you like to pray for Marolyn and her lawyer?
This is an excerpt from here